A dramatic rise
in terrorist attacks executed on US soil erodes
national confidence in the Federal Government’s ability
to maintain order
and security throughout the country. Extremist militant groups,
both foreign
and domestic, strike at US holdings with seeming impunity. The
Federal
Government’s inability to directly counter these threats
begins
to chip away at the cornerstones of national unity.

The seditious
debate over how to respond forcefully to the
rising crisis
begins to fracture the tentative fraternity between the Federal
and State
Governments. The increasingly sensationalist media-bloc fans
the flames of public paranoia and discontent.

Violence reaches
a boiling point on both coasts as various ethnic
and special interest groups are blamed for society’s rapid
disintegration.
The tenuous public conscience finally snaps as race riots, violent
anti-Federal demonstrations and outright urban warfare erupt
throughout the nation’s major population centers.

Local governments,
unable to stem the tide of the growing anarchy,
turn to the Federal Government for a final solution. Martial
Law is
instated across the land as Federal armed forces move in and
quickly
take control of thirteen eastern states. The massive police action
quickly
spirals out of control as numerous guerilla militias rise up
to spread
terror and destruction up and down the East Coast.

Outraged by this
unprecedented Federal action, and driven to
circumvent similar events in their own territories, a number
of central
and western states declare their intentions to secede from the
union. In a
final bid to keep the nation from fracturing any further, the
Federal Government sends its troops into the heartland of America
to restore order at any cost.

The Second American
Civil War has begun…

Series
Concept

Essentially, the character – S:76 – is
an old super soldier (there was a whole series of them
- though the term ‘super soldier’ will likely
NEVER be used). These guys had special micro-chips implanted
in their brain stems that regulate their autonomic systems – giving
them sporadic boosts of speed, endurance, aggression and
strength. Anyway, 76 was left behind on a botched assassination
mission over thirty years ago. Wounded and alone he has
wandered the seedy back-alleys of South America as an amnesiac
ever since. The government has presumed him dead all these
years.

While he was away – America devolved
into a war-zone. The nation (for a number of reasons – rampant
domestic terrorism being a biggie) lost all sense of itself
as the Second American Civil War erupted between the Federal
controlled east and a loose conflagration of western states.
The country is in chaos. Race riots and worse are erupting
in every major population center. Things are not good.

As fate would have it, our hero finds his
way home to a very different America than he knew. Still
suffering from amnesia, he must attempt to come to terms
with his shadowed past in order to chose the right side
to fight for.

The series is being painted by Brazilian
artist, Max Velati, with me writing the script. We’re
cranking away, so I hope to start sending this thing out
for solicitation pretty soon.

For a sneak peek – you guys can check
out the short story Soldier: 76: The Vigil I did
with artist Greg Scott in Digital
Webbing Presents issue
#16 (on sale a few months back). Below, I’ve
also included a sketch page Greg did of 76 as we were jamming
on the story!

Well, I hope y’all dig the concept!
Let me know what ya’ think! Happy Holidays everyone!
Let’s tip a few back in honor of the 1st birthday
of Sons of the Storm!!!